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Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1981 |
Time: | 11:30 |
Type: | General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon |
Owner/operator: | 322 Sqn Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
Registration: | J-237 |
MSN: | 6D-26/L-050 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off Lauwersoog, Groningen prv -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Leeuwarden AB, Netherlands (EHLW) |
Destination airport: | Leeuwarden AB, Netherlands (EHLW) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Nominally ex-USAF 78-0237, delivered 3/4/1981. Written off 3/6/1981 when only three months old: an engine problem brought down this aircraft off Lauwersoog, a village in the municipality of De Marne in the Dutch province of Groningen, Netherlands (at approximate coordinates 53° 24'N, 6°13'E). The pilot managed to eject safely
Sources:
1.
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1978.html 2.
http://anp.kb.nl/thumb/showmsgdetail/msgdate/03-06-1981/msgnr/135 3.
http://www.f-16.net/aircraft-database/F-16/airframe-profile/237/ 4.
http://www.prk-aviation.nl/F-16%20database%20RNLAF.htm 5.
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Country-By-Country/Netherlands.htm 6.
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000500710L.html Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1981/19810603_F16_J-237_2342.jpeg)
Part of wreckage of J-237 recovered by farmer.
![](/photos/wiki/1981/19810603_F16_J-237_2344.jpeg)
Part of wreckage of J-237 recovered by farmer.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Nov-2008 10:35 |
ASN archive |
Added |
07-Nov-2008 06:16 |
harro |
Updated |
03-Oct-2011 16:29 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
03-Oct-2011 16:30 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |
29-Oct-2013 21:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Nov-2014 11:00 |
Paco |
Updated [Operator] |
25-Apr-2016 06:36 |
Anon. |
Updated [Photo, ] |
25-Apr-2016 06:36 |
Anon. |
Updated [Photo, ] |
25-Apr-2016 06:37 |
Anon. |
Updated [Photo, ] |
11-Feb-2021 13:40 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
12-Jun-2022 21:46 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
14-Jun-2022 11:04 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |